Lame and retarded are terms that have only ever been used against crippled and mentally disabled people. By saying "this show is lame," or "that's retarded," you're reinforcing the notion that lame is bad, that retarded is bad. Maybe the mentally retarded or crippled don't want to be the go-to for all that's bad in the world.
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Date: 2011-02-02 09:30 pm (UTC)From:Lame and retarded are terms that have only ever been used against crippled and mentally disabled people. By saying "this show is lame," or "that's retarded," you're reinforcing the notion that lame is bad, that retarded is bad. Maybe the mentally retarded or crippled don't want to be the go-to for all that's bad in the world.
Would you be defending "that shit is so gay"?